Tool-holder.



No. 797,804. PATENTE!) AUG. 22, 1905. W. GIBSON.

TOOL HLDER.

APPLIGATION FILED PEB. 6. 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 22, 1905.

Application filed February 6, 1905. Serial No. 244,441.

To all whom it ina/y concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM GIBSON, a citizen of the United States, residing' at Danbury, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tool-Holders; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this speciiication.

This invention relates to improvements in tool-holders, and is particularly designed for holding and operating tools of short length to efficiency, compactness, and construction of such a character as may be easily and cheaply manufactured.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis an elevation of one of the many forms which my invention may assume. Fig. 2 is a view in longitudinal section of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the device, taken on line A A, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a plan of a modiiication, showing the device arranged to hold three tools. Figs. 5, 6, and 7 are respectively a plan and two elevations of two tools formed integrally and adapted to pass entirely through the head of the holder and be clamped in position, so that a tool projects from either' side thereof.

Similar characters refer to similar parts throughout the entire views.

The body portion l is provided with a central longitudinal recess 2, female-threaded portion 3, and radial slots 4. Screw-drivers or other tools 5 are fitted into the slots 4.

threaded portion 8, recess 9, and a threaded screw-cap l0.

The threaded male portion 8 of the handle is fitted to screw into the female-threaded portion 3 of the body portion, and the binding-rod 7, through the action of the aforesaid threaded portions, is forced into contact with the screw-drivers, (or other tools which it may be found desirable to fit into the recesses or radial slots 4,) thereby holding' them firmly and securely in place.

A recess 9 is formed in the handle for the reception of spare or extra tools, and ascrewcap l0 is fitted to close the receptacle.

The handle portion 6 is provided on the edge of one end with the ange 6', which engages the exterior surface of the body portion l.

In Fig. 4 a modified form is shown in which three screw-drivers are shown mounted, each blade being set at a different angle to facilitate the turning of a screw (situated in an inaccessible place to the ordinary type of tools usually employed for this purpose) by hitching it around step by step with first one tool and then another in a manner well understood by those skilled in the mechanical arts.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-d A tool-holder formed in sections, one of said sections having a slotted head at one end to receive tools, and having a longitudinal bore communicating therewith, the walls at the opposite end portion of the bore being threaded, and a second section having projecting at one end from its longitudinal axis a tongue adapted to iit within the bore of the first section,

and bear against the tools within the head,

WILLIAM GIBSON.

Witnesses: Y

FREDERICK L. l/VILsoN, EUGENE M. BULKLEY. 

